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Theodore, Lewis & Chuitna rivers closed to king fishing

Not sure if this has been posted yet. State has shut down the Theodore, Lewis & Chuitna rivers to king fishing including catch n' release. Southcentral tribs including the Deska will also be monitored for low returning numbers.

Worried that another dismal king salmon season is looming, biologists at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Tuesday closed three more Southcentral king salmon fisheries before the first salmon arrived.

At least the Commercial take will somewhat be limited as well, not near enough but if even one fish makes it up river, it will be worth it. Too durn bad the State don't have the guts to stop the Subsistence Fishery as well, but it is what it is.

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More often than not, not at all. Even though in some drainages, they are responsible for the preponderance of the catch. The runs are truly in danger of extinction in some drainages and yet, the nets go out. And.....that is NOT how it should be.

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Commercial closure??

Ya sort of closed except that it is open 1 mile south of the Chuitna which is right in front of Tyonek so the Tyonek commercial guys along with the subsistance guys see no change, I think thats a strange place to have the cut off line kinda makes me go HMMM! you know if it smells like a rat and it looks like...... yes I will be asking some questions to our friends at fish and bribe oops I mean game

BINGO!! Whata' we got for the winners johnny?? IMO this whole deal is just plan crooked and I really wish there could be a solution but I see a long battle ahead of the folks over there that don't live inside the gate...

The subsistence fishery at last look has a reported catch equal to that of the commercial set net fishery. Emphasis on "reported." It doesn't make any sense to leave all nets out a mile DOWNSTREAM of the spot they want protected, does it?

I think it makes sense if they think the closures are enough to make the goals in those streams. Subsistence has priority in times of shortage, so restricting sport and commercial should come first. If the goals aren't met again this summer then subsistence will be next. The conspiracy theory talk is just plain crazy. After all DNR and F&G has done to maintain public access in the Chiutna do you really think they would turn around and close it if they didn't have a concern? Missing a goal 3 years in a row has you knocking on the door to a stock of concern.

More often than not, not at all. Even though in some drainages, they are responsible for the preponderance of the catch. The runs are truly in danger of extinction in some drainages and yet, the nets go out. And.....that is NOT how it should be.

Yet the commercial fishing interests are still allowed to go out and rape waters, but it is the sportfishers that have minimal impact that take it in the shorts when the time comes to shut down fishing activity.

Yet the commercial fishing interests are still allowed to go out and rape waters, but it is the sportfishers that have minimal impact that take it in the shorts when the time comes to shut down fishing activity.

what an immature outlook. you are near-sighted sir and completely out of touch with the history of salmon harvest on cook inlet waters.

you really should meet some commercial fisherman and learn a few things about their livelihood. have you ever been to kalgin island or any netting site on the inlet?

please compare sportfishing pressures on cook inlet streams, even the ones that require planes to get to, compared to those same pressures 20 years ago. or were you even here?

you believe that rod and reel fisherman have minimal impact on chinook in cook inlet.
just how many years have you fished for kings on these waters?

Last year the troopers confiscated a couple of native nets fishing to close to the mouth. That can't be good for the runs. The river was really low and clear most of the month of June. You could see fish in some of the runs. They were on the small size last year and a lot of jacks.

what an immature outlook. you are near-sighted sir and completely out of touch with the history of salmon harvest on cook inlet waters.

you really should meet some commercial fisherman and learn a few things about their livelihood. have you ever been to kalgin island or any netting site on the inlet?

please compare sportfishing pressures on cook inlet streams, even the ones that require planes to get to, compared to those same pressures 20 years ago. or were you even here?

you believe that rod and reel fisherman have minimal impact on chinook in cook inlet.
just how many years have you fished for kings on these waters?

Take a close look at my grid coordinates. I live in one of the largest commercial fishing ports in the SW. I can tell you horror stories about by-catch, waste and creek robbers and you are going to tell me that rod & reel sportfishermen are going to have a higher impact than draggers and gillnetters?

I think the subsistence fisherman should be at least cutback some. It would be laughable to say they need it to actually live off the subsistence, it's just not the case (this goes for Tyonek and other folks). The Chuit still has a decent run of kings (far better than any river in the valley) and could probably be brought back in 3 years or so.

"Ya can't stop a bad guy with a middle finger and a bag of quarters!!!!"- Ted Nugent.